Manuscript Receipt, signed as the Senior Lieutenant of HMS Alceste, for one deal box containing Muster Books and letters, received from Robert Mitford, Captain of HM Sloop Espoir, and Wilson promises to forward the box to the Commissioners on his arrival in England
by WILSON, Andrew, Commander R.N
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About This Item
His Majestys Ship Alceste, Malta Harbour, 25 June 1812. 8 x 8 inches, minor blemishes. Lieutenant Andrew Wilson took part in the daring action of 22 May 1810, pursuing French vessels in the Bay of Agay, Under cover of darkness, two boats from Alceste, one under Lieutenant Andrew Wilson, the other led by the ship's master, Henry Bell, attacked the shore batteries.
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- Julian Browning Rare Books & Manuscripts (GB)
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- Title
- Manuscript Receipt, signed as the Senior Lieutenant of HMS Alceste, for “one deal box” containing Muster Books and letters, received from Robert Mitford, Captain of HM Sloop Espoir, and Wilson promises to forward the box to the Commissioners on his arrival in England
- Author
- WILSON, Andrew, Commander R.N
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- His Majestys Ship Alceste, Malta Harbour, 25 June 1812
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